So. . . when we planned this trip to Worldcon, my wife and quickly agreed that we wanted to take the train (Amtrak Empire Builder) from St. Paul to Seattle. It's a vacation we had been thinking about for a while. Well, turns out, the train can be late some time. This time, because of flooding in Wisconsin and crew expiration, it was 12 hours late! We still had a good time, but didn't get to Seattle until after 10 last night with the con starting bright and early this morning. So much for sightseeing. The funny part, though, is that I'm sure we'd do it again. The train in fun and relaxing, as long as your schedule is a little flexible.